ID: 20063
Born west
Date of birth : 1888
Place of birth : Nýja Ísland
Date of death : 1959
Jónas Jóhannesson Photo: VÍÆ IV
Jónas Jóhannesson was born in the Fljóts Settlement on October 5, 1888. He died in the Fljóts Settlement on October 14, 1959.
Unmarried and childless.
Jónas was the son of Jóhannes Jónasson and Halla Jónsdóttir, early settlers in New Iceland in 1876. He worked on his father’s farm and then took it over after the father’s death. He managed the large estate at Jaðri together with his sister, Kristin.